Collection

2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Aiman S. Kuzmar

six classes during fall and spring semesters. • Some students prefer to take courses over a shorter period to ease their pain. This is true with difficult courses and with courses outside their immediate major. • Many universities and colleges find this way practical because it attracts students and increase enrollments. • Several universities and colleges consider this method rewarding because it allows them to offer courses to many who cannot attend otherwise. • Most faculty members are on nine month contracts. They can support themselves financially with summer short term classes.Disadvantages of Short Term Academic Courses:Limitations, shortcomings, and concerns exist with short term courses

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Integration

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricio Torres; Matthew Stephens

-Hill.8. Hammer, M. & Champy J., (1994) Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution. New York: Harper Collins Publishers Inc.9. Hayes, R.H., Pisano, G.P. & Upton, D.M. (1996). Strategic Operations. New York: Harvard Business School, Free Press10. Jordan, J.A. & Michel, F.J. (2001), The Lean Company, Making the Right Choices. Portland: Society of Manufacturing Engineers.11. Langenfeld, G., “Fixing Manufacturing Education,” Manufacturing Engineering, Volume 24, Issue 1 (1998), p. 120.12. Lee, D., “The Manufacturing Professional’s Changing World,” Manufacturing Engineering, Volume 131, Issue 6, (2003), p. 20.13. Liker, J.K. (1998). Becoming Lean. Portland: Productivity Press14

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Leffel; Glenda Scales; Cheryl Peed

the new millennium.Continuous Process Improvement – CGEP Market ResearchDescription of the StudyFrom October 2000 through May 2001, Virginia Tech conducted a market research study toupdate our understanding of the educational needs of engineers. This comprehensive studycollected information from employers, potential market employees, current students, othernational consortium organizations, faculty, and competitors. A variety of researchmethodologies were used and included personal phone interviews, written questionnaires,and a literature review. Virginia Tech teams from the College of Engineering, UniversityOutreach, Institutional Research and Planning Analysis, and the Center for Survey Researchconducted the study. A total of 1,411

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Methodology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

necessary.Design faculty across a range of educational institutions still feel that the leaders of engineeringcolleges (deans, department heads, tenured faculty) are unable or unwilling to recognize theintellectual complexities and resources needed to support good design education[1].Fortunately, more and more educators are becoming aware of the issues of design, and steps arebeing taken world wide, to address the concerns of industry at large. One approach has been toform “symbiotic” partnership between industry and academia through senior capstone projects.The capstone course has evolved over the years from “made up” projects devised by faculty toindustry-sponsored projects where companies provide “real” problems, along with expertise andfinancial

Conference Session

Beyond the Engineering Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Bailey, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

CriticalWriting, UNST 120 Contemporary World, UNST 130 Analytical Reasoning, and UNST140 African American Experience. This common, core, academic program provides anacademic experience for the NCATSU learning community that is rooted in disciplined,intellectual inquiry, critical, rational thinking, effective written and oral communication, Page 14.1137.4and experience with African American and Global world issues. All students, faculties,and alumni of NCATSU know that every student has this common academic basis forconversation and continued learning. University Studies is built on the idea of academicor learning skills-development, rather than

Conference Session

ECCD - Technical Session 6 - Energy & Thermodynamics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Farshid Zabihian, California State University, Sacramento

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

to achieve some of engineering curriculum objectives,including developing critical thinking, problem-solving, leadership, conflict resolution, andwritten and oral communication skills. All these desirable skills can improve students’employability and help them to have a more fulfilling life. The service learning projects can alsohelp the faculty to improve in all areas of teaching, research, and service.Future workThe author will reach out to several other community partners, including California AutomobileMuseum, California Museum, and California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento MunicipalUtility District (SMUD), and Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park, for other potential projects.The author is also teaching a new general education

Conference Session

Understanding our Students & Ethical Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie C.T. Van Tyne, Colorado School of Mines; Maria Brunhart-Lupo, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

” expressed as obedience for theavoidance of punishment, to a broad concern for the improvement of society as a whole. Thefact that more of our students mentioned personal rather than societal values in their responsesmay be indicative of the fact that, when faced with a brand new topic with relatively briefexposure, their responses may have been more simplistic in nature, even when given theopportunity to think about and reflect upon what they have learned or remembered about theworkshop during subsequent weeks.Many students recognized the existence of a code of ethics for engineers, but relatively fewmentioned it as a “primary behavior or action that engineers must follow.” However, severalkeywords or key phrases from the ABET Code of Ethics of

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary McCormick, Tufts University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Douglas Matson, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

International

engineers, so I Page 13.1021.8 assumed they knew more than I did, but in actuality, they weren't there for our filter building day so they didn't know. I have learned that I have to stick by my answer if I believe it’s correct.”By discussing her issues with others and clarifying the work, she not only finished the filterconstruction, she gained an entirely new confidence in her engineering ability and learned aboutwhat she could improve upon when leading a group. “I thought today went really well. I felt more confident because all the confusion was cleared up... I need to be more organized and fully ready to answer

Conference Session

Engineering Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Blum, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

administrative policies, faculty interactions, curriculum andpedagogy, and peer relationships. Other factors included elements of the study environment,quality of effort on the part of both faculty and student, and integration of the student into theculture of the institution. The student outcomes are explained by Astin to encompass thoseaspects of student development that the university purposefully attempts to influence, thoughdefining the outputs of interest is “clearly the sine qua non of meaningful research on collegeimpact” (p. 224). Astin1 also explained the relationships between these three factors. The collegeenvironment was clearly affected by the kinds of students who enroll (shown in relationship A).The principal concern relating to

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Hsien-Yuan Hsu, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Diane Reichlen, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

activities; and (4) opportunities for reflective learning regarding their leadershipexperiences. As seen in the graphic of Fig. 1 that depicts the central elements of RAMP, thisprogram supports the first two of these conditions through students interacting with professionalsfrom industry, building a community of peers who look like them, and creating social networkswith faculty, staff, and administrators in the new environment they are transitioning into. The facilitation of FGs by women (including both women of color and White women)and their reflections on this activity as discussed in this study are among the co-curricularprograms being designed to promote leadership roles and the formation of engineering identities.It is also of interest

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jagadish Torlapati, Rowan University; Jodi F. Prosise, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip J. Parker, P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Moira Kelly Smith

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

major role. Yet IABs are often an “untapped resource” for theiracademic institution. Many different tools and surveys exist to assess and evaluate theeffectiveness of an IAB [1], [13]. These tools serve to address the common weaknesses of IABs;common weaknesses include vague roles and responsibilities of board members [14], meetingorganization concerning how often IABs meet, the dedication of board members [1], and the lackof short-term plans to achieve long-term goals [15].Strategic DoingTo address the issues that are commonly faced by traditional approaches used with IABs, aconsortium of five universities plans to use Strategic Doing (SD) workshops with IAB membersto promote collaborations and accomplish their objectives. The objective is to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Richter, Virginia Tech; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

: National Academies Press.3. National Academy of Engineering, Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century. 2005, Washington, DC: National Academies Press.4. ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission, Criteria for accrediting engineering programs. 2005, Baltimore, MD: ABET, Inc.5. Klein, J.T., Interdisciplinarity: History, Theory, and Practice. 1990: Wayne State University Press.6. Lattuca, L.R., Creating Interdisciplinarity: Grounded Definitions from College and University Faculty. History of Intellectual Culture, 2003. 3(1).7. O’Brien, W., L. Soibelman, and G. Elvin, Collaborative Design Processes: An Active- and Reflective-Learning Course in Multidisciplinary

Collection

2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Kurtis G. Paterson

memorable for the students. Considerable resource challengesmust be confronted by the faculty and solved by university administrators before thiseducational approach can be widely adopted, unfortunately. Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE North Midwest Sectional Conference.1. BackgroundIn Fall 2005 one in six college students took at least one course online. That’s 850,000more students than the year before, an increase of 40%.1 This rapid growth is beingfacilitated by easier to use computer-based learning content creation tools, and a growingcomfort of using information appliances.Podcasting, a technology that lets anyone create and distribute radio- or TV-like showsover the Internet, is growing at an exponential rate. Current estimates

Conference Session

Circuits and Systems Education 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Davis, Central Washington University; Charles Pringle, Central Washington University; Lad Holden, Central Washington University; Michael L. Whelan, Department of Engineering Technologies, Safety, and Construction, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

University Charles Pringle is a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology program at Central Washington University. Charles teaches upper division courses including the senior capstone course.Prof. Lad Holden, Central Washington UniversityDr. Michael L. Whelan, Department of Engineering Technologies, Safety, and Construction, Central Washing-ton University Received B.S.C.E. (1970) and M.S. (1971) degrees from the University of New Mexico followed by a Ph.D. (1981) from Iowa State University. Has held faculty and administrative positions in several universities, a visiting researcher position in a governmental laboratory, and a variety of engineering positions in industry during the period 1971 to the present

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Appiah-Kubi, University of Dayton; Melissa McCabe, University of Dayton; Vincent Lewis, University of Dayton; Rebecca Blust, University of Dayton; James Brothers, University of Dayton; Phil Doepker

single purpose of having them all learn a new concept or topic. Instead, thistype of collaboration should enforce the application of the students' backgrounds and experiencesin new ways they can learn new material while also learning from each other's method of learning[6].Multidisciplinary collaboration within higher education courses "represents an opportunity forcurricular innovation" as students from different backgrounds come together to apply theirprevious knowledge and learn new concepts [7]. Combining multiple educational disciplinesallows for a more robust learning experience for students and faculty alike, who all benefit fromhearing new ideas and taking new approaches to teaching and learning. Additionally, this type ofteaching

Conference Session

Multimedia Tutorials and Web Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) MINoritiesin Engineering Division. The MIND Links project gathers useful web links and information onresources that would allow minority students and minority faculty to find and take full advantageof the myriad of programs and information designed to promote their participation in theengineering and technology disciplines. This paper provides more than 600 links.IntroductionThe myriad of programs designed to promote participation of minorities in engineering andtechnology disciplines often are underutilized because minority faculty and minority studentsmay not be aware of these opportunities, nor of how and where to apply. Opportunities rangefrom programs designed to promote student interest in

Conference Session

Special Resources and Activities for Minorities

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Institution (LACCEI); in ASEE he is in the board of the International Division, and the Minority Division Page 13.896.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 MIND Links 2008: Resources to Motivate Minorities to Study and Stay In EngineeringAbstractMIND is the acronym for the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) MINoritiesin Engineering Division. The MIND Links project gathers useful web links and information onresources that would allow minority students and minority faculty to find and take full advantageof the myriad of programs and information designed to promote their

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Charyl Delaney; Alejandro Scalise; Larry J. Shuman; Harvey Wolfe

these introductory engineering courses substantially from twenty-four percent to twelvepercent [6]. This suggests that the continued attrition from the freshman year may not primarilybe attributable to these engineering courses. Our new method of instruction and course contentalso has led to improved faculty and student satisfaction. (The above have been confirmed by ourattitudinal surveys that indicate more dissatisfaction with math and science courses compared tothe engineering sequence.)In addition to the two new courses, the Freshman Engineering Seminar was substantiallyredesigned in an effort directed at reducing attrition. The central theme of this non-credit,mandatory experience was a compilation of Murphy’s [7] five models of freshmen

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 10

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas A. Baine, Grand Valley State University; Karl Brakora, Grand Valley State University; Christopher P. Pung P.E., Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

presents their designconcepts to the assembled senior class and project faculty. Presentations are capped at 10 minutesand efficiency of communication and visual presentation is critical [7]. The designs are assessedby the audience for technical feasibility and their design choices in selecting a concept. Theaudience for this is a disinterested technical audience.At the completion of the first semester, the student team issues a detail design report. This is issuedprior to building the deliverables and represents the intentions of the student team in the productthey will deliver. This is presented to the industry sponsors for their comment and feedback. Theywill sometimes evaluate it for technical feasibility but are typically more focused on

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 6.C

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee Allard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

the session with a workingtimeline, a clear plan for their first iteration, and a set of collaboratively-defined tasks [14].A second major theme to emerge from the Section 1 Pre-TPS was a concern about completingproject deliverables in time. Students seemed uncertain whether they could get to all theirsponsor- and team-defined requirements by the end of the semester, with specific commentscentered around different work styles among team members, issues with getting the developmentenvironment to work on their machines (i.e. “setup issues on my laptop”), and coordinating tasksamong individuals or sub-teams. Of specific concern was learning new tools and technologies ina short period of time and working on team-defined sprints or iterations

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Materials

for ensuring that core competencies are not lost through the project-based mode oflearning. To better equip students to be successful global engineers, we recently initiated a large-scale transformation of our undergraduate materials engineering curriculum. The redesignincludes a major change in the junior year from traditional subject-based courses to project-basedcourses facilitated by faculty teams. In the new approach, the learning of fundamental materialsengineering content is driven by a series of authentic, hands-on projects. In this paper, wedescribe a collaborative faculty process for the systematic design of project-based courses fordisciplinary core competencies. It involves developing a shared understanding of the vision andgoals

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division (EMD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond L. Smith III, East Carolina University; Henry Lester, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management Division (EMD)

Ethical AI IntegrationAddressing ethical issues is an important concern. Five recommendations are offered to helpintegrate generative AI usage in the educational setting [8], [35].• Develop Comprehensive AI Literacy Programs: Equip students and faculty with the knowledge to understand AI's capabilities, limitations, and ethical implications, promoting informed and responsible use.• Implement and Enforce Transparent Policies: Establish clear, enforceable policies regarding AI use in coursework, outlining acceptable practices, citation requirements, and consequences for misuse.• Cultivate a Culture of Academic Integrity: Through honor codes, pledges, and awareness campaigns, emphasize the importance of honesty, effort, and

Conference Session

Business and Professional Literacy Within Chemical Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Benjamin Goldschneider, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

the university will keep its facilities and faculty in good shape, sharing: I would say it’s their responsibility, logistically to keep [campus] clean and nice looking. I mean, I pay a lot of money to come here and I want it to be nice and up to date as well. I would say it’s their job to make sure that they’re hiring the best. And people who are knowledgeable in our field, because they’re, I mean, responsible for educating forty thousand people.Why these concerns were only prevalent in the second year is not entirely clear. They were notunanimous across the population of students, either. Roughly half of the population made somemention of the cost of their education and how it influenced their

Conference Session

ECE Division Technical Session 8: Effective Teaching and Learning in Post-Pandemic Classrooms and Other Curricular Innovations

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tyler Gamvrelis, University of Toronto; Hamid Timorabadi, University of Toronto

., postingrecordings of lectures). Although this was generally viewed as a good decision (even anecessity), it was not without flaws. First, it created a fairness issue, since it partitioned studentsinto two distinct groups: those who had access to a synchronous classroom environment andthose who did not have access to this learning resource. Second, it raised concerns about studentengagement. Do students learn as well in a synchronous environment when they knowrecordings will be available? Do they even bother attending the synchronous lectures at all? Ifthey choose not to attend synchronous lectures, are they sufficiently disciplined to engage ingradual learning, or do they tend to cram before tests?Student engagement and participation are of utmost

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hayrettin Bora Karayaka, Western Carolina University; Amber C. Thompson, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

time, the NRC wasprocessing applications for 22 new reactors for the nuclear power industry. Community CollegeWeek conveyed that “companies generally need up to 1,800 engineers and other workers duringconstruction of a new reactor, which typically then requires between 400 and 700 high-skillworkers when it becomes operational” 3. In 2011, there were 104 operating reactors in the US,and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) expected the need to replace 25,000 of those workers bythe year 2016 2.Nuclear was not the only energy sector aching for workforce development. “In 2014, recruitmentand employment agency Manpower Inc. issued a report stating that while jobs in the U.S. energysector are expected to nearly double to 3 million by 2020, 72 percent

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Jochen Seely, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania ; Karl M. Kapp, Bloomsburg University; Larraine A. Kapka, Sinclair Community College; Steven Wendel, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Community College Steve Wendel serves as Director of the National Center for Manufacturing Education (NCME), originally established as a National Science Foundation Center of Excellence in the NSF Advanced Technological Education Program, the NCME provides leadership development for deans, program chairs, faculty and other educational leaders in manufacturing and engineering technology. Steve is also the Director for the Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Affiliate in Ohio. PLTW-OH has grown to over 400 programs nearly 190 school districts across Ohio preparing students for STEM career and college endeavors. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Virtual Online Tensile Testing

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Lucas

Session 1606 Getting students to talk in class…Using K-12 Interaction to reinforce instruction in Constructive Feedback Laura Lucas Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI)AbstractThe issue of getting college students to actively participate in team situations has become amore pressing concern as team projects are increasingly added to courses to fulfill the mostcurrent ABET criteria. But the problem is that students are not prepared to successfullyparticipate in teams, being that they are seldom taught how to express their ideas or how

Conference Session

Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Engineering Engagement with Community

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Carol J. Thurman, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

-level lens foressential properties of assessing community-engaged learning for sustainability: holistic,participatory and adaptive. We also offer reflections on qualities of transdisciplinary researchapproaches that are coherent with complex dynamic systems and suggest future directions.IntroductionEngineers are expected to play a critical role in addressing sustainability as well as othercomplex societal global challenges. Transdisciplinarity is a mode of community-engagedlearning that is increasingly recognized as an essential means to address such complex societalchallenges [1]. In contrast to traditional engineering classrooms, a transdisciplinary settinginvolves novice, lay and experts jointly addressing issues of shared concern [2], [3

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Messiha Saad, North Carolina A&T State University; Taher Abu-Lebdeh, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

upperclassmen level. To investigate the upperclassmen retention (junior andsenior engineering students), one may consider: gender; academic ability (scores inprerequisites); academic preparation (hours studies); work plan (hours per week); socialintegration (friends, participation in group work, and contact with faculty members). Inthis study, our objective is to focus on the most important issues. Those issues include,but are not limited to, instruction; advising; and student’s concern. Such elements aremore likely to impact retention and thus must be given high priority. In a survey tounderstand retention conducted by Kent State University (1996-1997), students indicatedthat items relating to instruction, course content, and a knowledgeable faculty

Conference Session

Professionalism and Preparations Developed by Graduate Study Programs—Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valerie N. Streets, University of Tulsa; Bradley J. Brummel, University of Tulsa; Michael Wade Keller, University of Tulsa; Rami M. Younis, The University of Tulsa

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

duringthe summer and fall semesters of 2016. The pilot test of the project was intended to highlightany administrative issues with the program, gauge participant reactions, and identifyparticipants’ needs. Regarding administrative issues, the pilot tested the usability of the onlinesystems for assessment and professional development. Participant reactions concerning therelevance, helpfulness, and practical utility of the program were sought via surveys andinterviews. Additionally, interviews with participants assessed their needs in completing theprogram. Interviews allowed the research team to understand where students and facultyadvisors most need guidance. Such information will be used to inform the full-scale launch ofthe professional